Greatest team sporting achievement ever?

[Shanks]

tbf and taking all bitterness aside, what they have done this season is nothing short of remarkable.

I'd say most people had them tipped to be relegated after last year, to win the league is something I never thought possible. I simply don't know how they have managed it....

 

[nailsy]

tbf and taking all bitterness aside, what they have done this season is nothing short of remarkable.

I'd say most people had them tipped to be relegated after last year, to win the league is something I never thought possible. I simply don't know how they have managed it....

A few years ago I was absolutely sick of football as I just couldn't see a way that any of the clubs that weren't backed by a billionaire could ever compete in the top four. To see Leicester come from no-where to (probably) win the league is incredible - as is our charge up the table. Without questioning how they've achieved the turnaround it's got to be one of the great sporting achievements of my lifetime.

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Zimbabwe vs Pakistan at Harare, 1st Test, 1995: Zimbabwe win by an innings and 64 runs

 

[theShiznit]

tbf and taking all bitterness aside, what they have done this season is nothing short of remarkable.

I'd say most people had them tipped to be relegated after last year, to win the league is something I never thought possible. I simply don't know how they have managed it....

I think next season will be a realistic bench mark of how good Leicester are.

Teams didn't take them seriously until 2/3 of the season had passed and away teams/fans simply don't rise to playing Leicester as they would to playing a traditional big club.

Also an enormous amount of neutral/underdog support IMO lessens desire to play against them (Only Villa as rivals too, and the poorest Villa side in history managed a 1-1 draw against them)

Teams know how to stop them now (I expect they'll be involved in a lot of 0-0/1-0/0-1 score-lines next season) but we're at a stage of the season where most teams don't care as they're not playing for anything.

They've made the most of what they've got though, which is a team of hardworking average players (baring 2/3) with a game plan to stifle and flood forward at pace, confidence has grown, and never really been threatened due to no challengers and pretty much always scoring first and/or early in games.

Would put Greece winning the Euros above Leicester winning the league.

 

[nailsy]

I think next season will be a realistic bench mark of how good Leicester are.

Teams didn't take them seriously until 2/3 of the season had passed and away teams/fans simply don't rise to playing Leicester as they would to playing a traditional big club.

Also an enormous amount of neutral/underdog support IMO lessens desire to play against them (Only Villa as rivals too, and the poorest Villa side in history managed a 1-1 draw against them)

Teams know how to stop them now (I expect they'll be involved in a lot of 0-0/1-0/0-1 score-lines next season) but we're at a stage of the season where most teams don't care as they're not playing for anything.

They've made the most of what they've got though, which is a team of hardworking average players (baring 2/3) with a game plan to stifle and flood forward at pace, confidence has grown, and never really been threatened due to no challengers and pretty much always scoring first and/or early in games.

Would put Greece winning the Euros above Leicester winning the league.

I'm not sure about the Greece win being more impressive, although it was an incredible victory. For an underdog to win a title over 38 games is more impressive than winning one over eight games - at least as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Ionman34]

tbf and taking all bitterness aside, what they have done this season is nothing short of remarkable.

I'd say most people had them tipped to be relegated after last year, to win the league is something I never thought possible. I simply don't know how they have managed it....

I do...

 

[aliyid]

Liverpool's home draw against West Brom. Unforgettable!

Damn you Nailsy I was just about to put that up

 

[talkshowhost86]

If Leicester win the league it's the greatest team performance in recent sporting history no doubt.

The way football is now we won't see this happen again and their triumph over the monied football classes is amazing.

It's shit that it's sort of come at our expense but we cannot be bitter about it. A truly fantastic effort.

 

[theShiznit]

I'm not sure about the Greece win being more impressive, although it was an incredible victory. For an underdog to win a title over 38 games is more impressive than winning one over eight games - at least as far as I'm concerned.

Easier as no one's taken them seriously until recently.


They're not in any (or have won any) cups afaict.

 

[Wellspurs]

Team Terry lifting the CL trophy without getting a sweat?

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Holy shit, if you google "greatest team achievement", this thread is the second result

 

[aliyid]

Holy shit, if you google "greatest team achievement", this thread is the second result

If we can make it to #1 does that make it the greatest team achievement?

 

[LSUY]

Arsenal going the entire league season undefeated and the West Indies cricket team going 15 years without losing a Test series have to be up there.

 

[slartibartfast]

My rag tag pub team I put together who were utter shite and losing nearly 10 nil every week.
By Xmas we were on 0 pts with a goal diff of about -100.
We were about to play top of the league, who were unbeaten.
I was manager. Gave them my Churchill speech and told them I'd heard those ####s saying they're going to get in double figures and they think we're a joke (to be fair we were lol).
We went 1.0 up about 15min in. They were shouting obscenities at each other all game lol. Not happy.
Fkers equalised with about 10min to go but we held on.
Our 1st point of the season, we only got 2, against the best team in it.
Funny thing as well our xmas do was that night. It was so memorable because of that point and we all dressed as Resevoir Dogs. Christ we had a team spirit that day. All on cloud 9.
Just goes to show if your heart and spirit are in it you can achieve miracles. Also if your over confident prepare to be bum raped.
Maybe not the greatest achievement ever but it was an achievement none the less and I'll never forget it

 

[TheGreatOldOne]

Not Leicester!

 

[dontcallme]

Sports in general? Or just football? Big difference.

Considering the title of the thread is sporting and the content in the OP talks about sport I'd go with sport.

 

[@Bobby__Lucky]

Spurs winning the fa cup in 1901.

Can anyone even contemplate a team like Sutton Utd even winning the FA cup in this day... I did winner the above post but fack this is an 'absolute winner'

 

[@Bobby__Lucky]

You also had that coal miners side that won the first ever "world cup".

Not Uraguay? Never heard of that, will have to have a Google!

 

[Col_M]

Nottingham Forrest

1977 - Finish 3rd in div 2 and get promoted
1978 - Champions Div 1
1979 - European Cup winners
1980 - retain European cup

What a team that was.

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

Nottingham Forrest

1977 - Finish 3rd in div 2 and get promoted
1978 - Champions Div 1
1979 - European Cup winners
1980 - retain European cup

What a team that was.

The only club that's been champions of Europe more often than it's been champions of its own country. Even in this day and age, when half the clubs in La Liga and Serie A seem to be in the 'Champions' League, Forest's record will probably stand for a very long time.